AWS resolves the challenges around obtaining industrial data collection with the general availability of IoT SiteWise. The fully managed service will collect, model, and analyze industrial equipment data to improve operational efficiencies, prevent machine failure, and grow company revenue.
Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of connected devices embedded with sensors and software to collect and exchange data with each other for real-time, actionable insights. The proliferation of IoT devices is possible due to seamless wireless connectivity, low-power sensors, availability of cloud platforms, machine learning, and AI. IoT has dominated every industryOpens a new window , from unlocking a car with a smartphone to monitoring industrial machines for predictive maintenance.
IDC predictsOpens a new window that by 2025 there will be 41.6 billion IoT devices generating 79.4 Zettabytes (ZB) of data. Combining big data and IoT sensors to perform predictive data analytics can help organizations make smart, data-driven decisions. Currently, industries such as manufacturing, retail, healthcareOpens a new window , are leveraging predictive analytics to optimize operations, automate processes, and reduce costs. Several companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle, have realized the lucrative potential of the IoT market and invested heavily to mark their spot. This week, Amazon expanded its IoT services with the general availabilityOpens a new window of AWS IoT SiteWise, a managed service equipped with enhanced ingestion features, asset modeling, and fully managed web applications to visualize and gain performance metrics from industrial machines.
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Amazon’s Dominance in the IoT Market
IDC also predictsOpens a new window that worldwide IoT spending will surpass the $1 trillion mark in 2022. And Amazon wants a significant share in this trillion-dollar market. The e-commerce giant began its IoT strategy by firming its ground in the consumer space. Some of the popular consumer-based Amazon IoT devices are smart assistants Echo, Amazon Alexa consumer goods reordering service Amazon Dash, smart garage door opener Key for Garage. Within their own ecosystem, Amazon planted IoT devices in its own supply chain, such as delivery drones and robots in the warehouse; and merged its cloud platform with IoT ecosystems to help developers build and deploy innovative IoT products that could help businesses deliver greater intelligence. Some well-known customers of AWS IoT are Bayer, LG, Volkswagen, Sprint, Symantec, and Amway.
What Does AWS IoT SiteWise Offer?
AWS IoT SiteWise is a managed service for industrial-scale data collectionOpens a new window . Launched at AWS re:Invent 2018 in preview mode, the fully managed AWS IoT SiteWise enables industrial firms to collect, model, store, organize, and monitor data across their equipment and obtain performance metrics to identify bottlenecks such as equipment defects, production inefficiencies, and product failure.
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Through a gateway software called AWS IoT SiteWise Connector, companies can connect their industrial equipment to AWS IoT SiteWise. Once the connection is established, the gateway securely links on-premises servers to the AWS Cloud for data asset modeling and analysis. Apart from the gateway software, AWS IoT SiteWise also is connected to the industrial machines through APIs and MQ Telemetry Transport (MQTT) messages. Once the data is analyzed, the company can derive actionable insights to optimize the equipment operations, reduce costs, and make smarter business decisions.
The service follows a pay-as-you-go model, and the customer is billed separately for messaging, data processing, data storage, and SiteWise Monitor. IoT SiteWise is now available in the US West (Oregon), US East (Northern Virginia), Ireland, and Frankfurt regions.
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